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Natural selection

Aptitude tests for law school applicants could be the objective filter that gives all would-be lawyers equal access to legal education regardless of background, so...

Fair play

As it promises a new approach to regulation, the SRA should start treating solicitors being investigated with greater fairness, says Susanna Heley

Freedom of information requests

Making or resisting FOI requests? Robert McCracken QC and Cain Ormondroyd explain how they would get started

Stifling the debate

The principle that the law should be the same for all has been challenged by doctors and science commentators who say they have been unfairly...

Roll of the dice

Mike Scutt muses over a profession in flux

In deep water

The high street is about to reach breaking point, warns Marilyn Stowe

From bad to worse

Serious case reviews have proved inadequate at protecting children from abuse, says Finola Moss as she argues for responsibility to be handed back to professional...

Pearls of wisdom

It is time the government acted on recommendations to reform insurance law, says Peter Tyldesley